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Inner City Science Centre. Sandeep Bagri Grade 5-8 STEM Support Teacher Winnipeg School Division. What is the purpose of Inner City Science Centre?.
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Inner City Science Centre Sandeep Bagri Grade 5-8 STEM Support Teacher Winnipeg School Division
What is the purpose of Inner City Science Centre? • “The Centre seeks to break down barriers between youths by integrating students from diverse socio-economic and ethno-cultural backgrounds within the school divisions in Manitoba. “
Layout: Grade 7/8 Program • Strong focus on Science and Math learning outcomes • 6 students from each school • 4 schools at a time • Attend 4 sessions, every other week for an 8 week block • Followed by a 4 week “follow-up” block in which I visit schools
Layout: Grade 5/6 Program • Focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) • 3 students from each school • 6 schools at a time • Attend 8 weekly sessions • Followed by a 4 week “follow-up” block in which I visit schools
Grade 7/8 Program • Week 1: Introduction/WHMIS/Science Method/Measurement • Week 2: Microscopy • Week 3: Dissection • Week 4: Chemistry
Grade 5/6 Program • Week 1: Introduction, Instant Challenges • Week 2: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) • Week 3: Simple Machines and Rube Goldbergs • Week 4: Gaming • Week 5: Science (Urinalysis) • Week 6: Coding • Week 7: Virtual Reality • Week 8: Personalized Learning
Next Steps? • Do we want to impact a small number of students for a longer period of time, or a large number of students for a shorter period of time? • Do we need to look at additional programming? Do we need to re-think our current programming?